Pickett traded to Eagles

[Greeksteel]

Wow was i shocked when this news came out. Great news. Looks like Fileds or Tannehill will be a Steeler next. As far as the draft goes, im not condoning it but ive read that Tomlin LOVES him some Bo Nix. As fr as 2025 goes, thats where id be looking if i were the Steelers, with Carson Beck as my future target.

[Thrillsseeker]

The most shocking thing about Kengina is that the DEFENSE, not the offense, were the ones to go recruiting Wilson.

Defense must have been steaming last year every time they had to go back on the field after another 3 and out.

I missed all of this. What or who on the D recruited how? Whatever was said or wrote, I’ve completely missed it.

[Greeksteel]

The most shocking thing about Kengina is that the DEFENSE, not the offense, were the ones to go recruiting Wilson.

Defense must have been steaming last year every time they had to go back on the field after another 3 and out.

I missed all of this. What or who on the D recruited how? Whatever was said or wrote, I’ve completely missed it.

Minka and Cam

[Rod & Wire Mill]

Russ is still a 1 year rental, so there has to be some sort of bigger picture plan.


They still need a center, a right tackle, and they capable starting receiver to play opposite Pickens

+2 back up quarterbacks

You have to assume they’re going for receiver and free agency, because you need that person to start right away

The offensive line positions I suspect they’ll fill through the draft, with center being the most urgent at the moment

It sets up perfectly for draft an elite prospect QB in 2025... but I'm sure they'll repeat exactly the same mistake they just made 3 years ago by panicking and drafting a mediocre QB this year. Kahn, you want to prove to me that you're learning and better than the previous guy... for fucks sake don't make that same mistake again and piss away another 4 years.

Jesus Christ, you trust Tomlin to develop a rookie QB?

The only way this makes sense is if Kahn is planning on saying goodbye to Tomlin.

Has he signed his extension yet?

Bingo! I’ve been thinking Tomlin better wash his donkey!

[CoolShades]

....and I respect it.

I believe Pickett played pretty damn well as a rookie once he got his feet underneath him, but was a victim of Tomlin/Canada's ridiculously uber-conservative offense.

Don't make mistakes. Don't throw INT's. Take the checkdown. Be careful with the ball. If we have to punt 25 yards with Harvin, that's better than a mistake.

Pickett had natural gunslinger instincts that Tomlin and Canada completely removed. I definitely did not like what I saw last year from Pickett, but I wish him well and if he can regain his confidence, I still 100% believe he can be a very good NFL QB.

We'll see what happens.

I agree with you.

I’m Pickett agnostic. I always felt he got a raw deal because of who his coaches were in Pittsburgh. When the Steelers allowed Tomlin to keep Canada, I had a feeling Kenny was going to struggle last year. They choked the life out of him. I wish him well.

At least he’s away from the nightmare of Mike Tomlin. I hope Kenny gets a ring, even if it’s as a backup, and rubs it in Cam and TJ’s faces.

Teflon Tomlin’s excuses are all gone now. I wonder who everyone is going to blame now when the Steelers struggle this year?

Black coach, black QB...can’t criticize them. That would make you a rayciss!

Uh, oh... TJ, you’d better watch your back! They are coming for you!

Tomlin has his warts, but why in the ever-loving fuck would you take take sides with lil kenny over Tomlin?

kenny is a bust who forced his way out of Pittsburgh after two years because he was rightfully benched last year in favor of a backup level QB who was clearly better than him and then wasn’t promised his little starter position because he’s allergic to throwing touchdowns. At least Tomlin got us a Super Bowl and back to another one. That sure as shit wasn’t happening with little ken.

Dude, Tomlin didn’t do shit. You can shit on Kenny all you want. I’m not here to defend him.

But Tomlin is a fucking joke of a head coach.

You want to slam Pickett? Fine by me. What chance did he have? Don’t give me that crap about how he didn’t show anything. He had a shit OC and a garbage O-line, and a HC who can’t handle any risk. I guarantee you, Kenny did what he was told.

Oh, he was benched? What for? Oh that’s right. To save NHALS. So the Steelers could squeak into the 7th seed and get abused in the playoffs (again). Now, everyone is sucking Mediocre Mike’s cock, and we hear how he squeezed so much out of a mediocre team. A team assembled and coached by him, by the way. Instead of playing Pickett and seeing how he played down the stretch without Canada, he just had to get NHALS. Who gives a fuck? That’s right. Idiot Steeler fans, who have embraced this asshat’s mediocrity as some sort of badge of excellence.

At least Tomlin got us a Super Bowl and back to another one.

No he didn’t. That was Cowher’s coaches and players. Without Arians, LeBeau and Ben, he’s nothing. What’s Tomlin done since? Not a goddamn thing. Even his one SB win was a miracle. He doesn’t win that game without a Harrison end of half 100 yard pick 6 and a miracle catch and throw TD. Ever since the Cowher players and coaches began to leave, retire, and slip away, this team has been like watching an airplane slowly glide into the side of a mountain. Tomlin can’t hire coaches (no coaching tree) and he can’t develop QBs. But instead of firing a guy who is 3-9 in his last 12 playoff games, hasn’t won a playoff game in the last 7 years, and in his entire 17 year career he’s won playoff games in exactly 4 of those years, the Steelers keep him and soldier on. Because reasons.

Kenny was a bust? Ok, whose fault was that? They drafted him in the 1st round. Did they develop him? Or did they give him an idiot for an OC and a HC who hired the OC and knows nothing about modern NFL offenses?

This team has no vision and no direction. They wasted 2 years of a 1st round QB because of Tomlin. He has set this team back years, and it doesn’t matter because everyone now blames Pickett (and Colbert, and Canada.... everyone but the Rooney Rule hire) and now thinks Wilson will save the day. Tomlin is banking on it. And when he fails, the reasons are already lined up. But rest assured, it will not be Mediocre Mike’s fault.

Until they fire Tomlin, this team is going nowhere.

[CoolShades]

The most shocking thing about Kengina is that the DEFENSE, not the offense, were the ones to go recruiting Wilson.

Defense must have been steaming last year every time they had to go back on the field after another 3 and out.

There was a lot of talk about bad attitudes in the locker room and not all of it was Dionte. The receivers and even Chuks had awful attitudes because they had no faith in the QB. Then that little bitch refused to dress when he was going to be a backup, and he had the balls to say he didn’t learn anything while on the sidelines. To top it off, he requested a trade when he found out he had to compete with a washed up Russell Wilson. That may be the worst part of it all. Even lil Ken knows he’s shit and can’t win a competition if it’s fair.

Now reports how Kenny lost the locker room last season. What revisionist BS.

Anyone watching knew Kenny never lost the locker room.

Tomlin was, and probably still is, smarting over the 400 yards gained the minute Canada was gone, completely putting egg on Mike T's face, and then Pickett gets hurt on the one yard line with an impressive quick drive the very next game. Jettisoning Rudolph, Pickett, and Mitch Trubisky just bundles up a complete clusterfuck created by Mike Tomlin's stubbornness over Matt Canada, which was probably over some Dino Tomlin scholarship.

Rudolph, Pickett, and Mitch Trubisky; all bundled up and flushed down the commode to hide the hideous truth that Mike Tomlin doesn't know a thing about about offensive NFL football, other than attrition and run out the clock bullshit he learned playing Madden.

We will still be left with Arthur Smith trying to control Mike Tomlin’s attrition football at the end of the day.

Well said.

Until they cut out the tumor that is Tomlin, the cancer will continue to spread.

I have a feeling the Steelers are stage 4. They just don’t know it yet.

[beerbrother]

Im gonna drink a beer today.

And rejoice. Unfuckinbelievable.

Beerbrother Approves

Zum Wohl

[langer]

The most shocking thing about Kengina is that the DEFENSE, not the offense, were the ones to go recruiting Wilson.

Defense must have been steaming last year every time they had to go back on the field after another 3 and out.

I missed all of this. What or who on the D recruited how? Whatever was said or wrote, I’ve completely missed it.

Minka and Cam

And TJ.

That's freaking crazy.

A coup by the D for Russ Wilson.

[Orangesteel]

I mean the press conference today…if you are Kenny’s agent how are you NOT asking for a trade? I get it but damn…

[Stallworth16]

Of all these QBs who are passing through the Steelers revolving door, the one we should have signed who was not expensive was Mason Rudolph. Russell Wilson 5’11” and overrated. If you dig deeper into last season Russell was heavy on short passes in garbage time. Mason was very effective getting the ball downfield for the Steelers, and making good decisions. Now he will be wasted in Tennessee.

[RemoAZ]

Last thing this organization needs is for this HC to burn another draft pick on a QB he's either not going to play or not develop. He nuked the 2nd half of Ben's career and it's been a shit show since they showed him the door. I'm praying for 10 losses and Tomlin gone but I see another 9 or 10 win season of God awful football and a Tomlin extension. We're doomed until the current Rooney dies or gets put in a home.

[tbsteel]

I agree with you.

I’m Pickett agnostic. I always felt he got a raw deal because of who his coaches were in Pittsburgh. When the Steelers allowed Tomlin to keep Canada, I had a feeling Kenny was going to struggle last year. They choked the life out of him. I wish him well.

At least he’s away from the nightmare of Mike Tomlin. I hope Kenny gets a ring, even if it’s as a backup, and rubs it in Cam and TJ’s faces.

Teflon Tomlin’s excuses are all gone now. I wonder who everyone is going to blame now when the Steelers struggle this year?

Black coach, black QB...can’t criticize them. That would make you a rayciss!

Uh, oh... TJ, you’d better watch your back! They are coming for you!

Tomlin has his warts, but why in the ever-loving fuck would you take take sides with lil kenny over Tomlin?

@tbsteel You do realize your talking to Lynch…right?

LOL true.

[Havoc]

Of all these QBs who are passing through the Steelers revolving door, the one we should have signed who was not expensive was Mason Rudolph. Russell Wilson 5’11” and overrated. If you dig deeper into last season Russell was heavy on short passes in garbage time. Mason was very effective getting the ball downfield for the Steelers, and making good decisions. Now he will be wasted in Tennessee.

6.9 Y/A for Wilson last year. Lowest of his career

[CoolShades]

I missed all of this. What or who on the D recruited how? Whatever was said or wrote, I’ve completely missed it.

Minka and Cam

And TJ.

That's freaking crazy.

A coup by the D for Russ Wilson.

Don’t forget. Russ Wilson is also a WPMOY.

Cam has a buddy. No rings, but a buddy.

Here’s hoping the Steelers don’t restructure his contract. Pay his 35 year old ass every cent.

[RemoAZ]

Of all these QBs who are passing through the Steelers revolving door, the one we should have signed who was not expensive was Mason Rudolph. Russell Wilson 5’11” and overrated. If you dig deeper into last season Russell was heavy on short passes in garbage time. Mason was very effective getting the ball downfield for the Steelers, and making good decisions. Now he will be wasted in Tennessee.

6.9 Y/A for Wilson last year. Lowest of his career

He also led the league in throws behind the LoS. This guys is perfect for the garbage offense Tomlin loves. Match made in heaven and guarantee we go another season without a playoff win.

[RemoAZ]

What cracks me up the most about this is all the people that actually think there was going to be a competition. There is zero chance Wilson wasn't told he'd be the starter and even less that Tomlin planned for there to be a competition. The blind faith in this fraud who's put such an awful product to watch on the field for at least a half decade is laughable. Is there anyone else in pro sports that can do as little as he has and keep their job let alone get universal praise for it?

[bradshaw2ben]

Russ is still a 1 year rental, so there has to be some sort of bigger picture plan.


They still need a center, a right tackle, and they capable starting receiver to play opposite Pickens

+2 back up quarterbacks

You have to assume they’re going for receiver and free agency, because you need that person to start right away

The offensive line positions I suspect they’ll fill through the draft, with center being the most urgent at the moment

It sets up perfectly for draft an elite prospect QB in 2025... but I'm sure they'll repeat exactly the same mistake they just made 3 years ago by panicking and drafting a mediocre QB this year. Kahn, you want to prove to me that you're learning and better than the previous guy... for fucks sake don't make that same mistake again and piss away another 4 years.

Jesus Christ, you trust Tomlin to develop a rookie QB?

The only way this makes sense is if Kahn is planning on saying goodbye to Tomlin.

Has he signed his extension yet?

I expect that the only path out of this is either a new HC OR they are like the proverbial blind squirrel that finds a nut by accident.

[Gonzo]

this is good news but I fear that penix or nix may come to pittsburgh now
i so hope they wait until next year and not reach for QB again

[bradshaw2ben]

I’m thinking we trade that number 98 pic for Justin Fields or sign another free agent quarterback like Ryan Tannehill and spend that pic on a mid round QB like Joe Milton or something

That is so, so dumb.

slot CB
outside CB depth
WR2
WR 3/4
C
OT
IDL depth
EDGE depth

That stuff is way more important than drafting a scrub QB. Sign guys from the street who have just as good a chance to be useful as anybody who's name is being bandied about today.

You may think it’s dumb, but we aren’t going into camp with 1 or 2 QBs. And you can be sure one of them will be a young guy. Either trade for Fields or mid round draft pick.

Again, what you're suggesting makes sense if you haven't looked at the options. The guys on the street or in the UFL from the last few years are young guys who are much more talented than the vast majority of any young QBs in this year's draft class. Like, I'm beating the dead horse but I'll take Kory Curtis & Alex McGough over any QB in the class not named Williams or Maye. This QB class should not be touched until round 6.

[bradshaw2ben]

Feels like Tannehill and a relatively early pick with near term upside or Fields and a late round pick / UDFA

Why is everyone in a hurry to repeat the EXACT SAME MISTAKE they made with Kenny: picking a QB early from a terrible selection?

Mark my words: if they pick a QB early this year they will set the franchise back more than 3 years. It'll be like Kenny, except by the time they figure out the next guy is not elite, the defensive leadership will be nearing retirement or actually retired.

[StillerDownSouth]

That is so, so dumb.

slot CB
outside CB depth
WR2
WR 3/4
C
OT
IDL depth
EDGE depth

That stuff is way more important than drafting a scrub QB. Sign guys from the street who have just as good a chance to be useful as anybody who's name is being bandied about today.

You may think it’s dumb, but we aren’t going into camp with 1 or 2 QBs. And you can be sure one of them will be a young guy. Either trade for Fields or mid round draft pick.

Again, what you're suggesting makes sense if you haven't looked at the options. The guys on the street or in the UFL from the last few years are young guys who are much more talented than the vast majority of any young QBs in this year's draft class. Like, I'm beating the dead horse but I'll take Kory Curtis & Alex McGough over any QB in the class not named Williams or Maye. This QB class should not be touched until round 6.

Couldn't agree more, don't make the same mistake twice, they whiffed on Pickett (at least it didn't turn into a Daniel Jones situation), no need to reach for another average QB in a weak QB class, use this years draft to add key pieces, let Russ and vet backup handle the QB duties this year. The Steelers are no where close to competing for a Super Bowl next year, they'll likely win 9-10 games, might sneak into the playoffs, but thats it. 2025 is the year they should target a franchise QB, and most likely they will need to trade up into the top 10 to make that happen.

[franco32]

Feels like Tannehill and a relatively early pick with near term upside or Fields and a late round pick / UDFA

Why is everyone in a hurry to repeat the EXACT SAME MISTAKE they made with Kenny: picking a QB early from a terrible selection?

Mark my words: if they pick a QB early this year they will set the franchise back more than 3 years. It'll be like Kenny, except by the time they figure out the next guy is not elite, the defensive leadership will be nearing retirement or actually retired.

I don't think they are really looking to draft QB early. My best guess is a mid-round flier on someone like Pratt which isn't the end of the world even though I agree we have a lot of holes to fill.

[tbsteel]

Feels like Tannehill and a relatively early pick with near term upside or Fields and a late round pick / UDFA

Why is everyone in a hurry to repeat the EXACT SAME MISTAKE they made with Kenny: picking a QB early from a terrible selection?

Mark my words: if they pick a QB early this year they will set the franchise back more than 3 years. It'll be like Kenny, except by the time they figure out the next guy is not elite, the defensive leadership will be nearing retirement or actually retired.

I'm starting to think we're in the clear this year.

I think they'll sign a vet backup like Tannehill and realize they're not going to have the reps to give a rookie to get a real look at them. So I think maybe it'll just be a UDFA we bring in.

[bradshaw2ben]

Of all these QBs who are passing through the Steelers revolving door, the one we should have signed who was not expensive was Mason Rudolph. Russell Wilson 5’11” and overrated. If you dig deeper into last season Russell was heavy on short passes in garbage time. Mason was very effective getting the ball downfield for the Steelers, and making good decisions. Now he will be wasted in Tennessee.

6.9 Y/A for Wilson last year. Lowest of his career

6.7... Mason Rudolph career YPA
6.2 & 6.4... Kenny Pickett two seasons YPA

[bradshaw2ben]

this is good news but I fear that penix or nix may come to pittsburgh now
i so hope they wait until next year and not reach for QB again

Bo Nix is like the slightly better version of Kenny Pickett. More QB purgatory... yay!

[bradshaw2ben]

Feels like Tannehill and a relatively early pick with near term upside or Fields and a late round pick / UDFA

Why is everyone in a hurry to repeat the EXACT SAME MISTAKE they made with Kenny: picking a QB early from a terrible selection?

Mark my words: if they pick a QB early this year they will set the franchise back more than 3 years. It'll be like Kenny, except by the time they figure out the next guy is not elite, the defensive leadership will be nearing retirement or actually retired.

I'm starting to think we're in the clear this year.

I think they'll sign a vet backup like Tannehill and realize they're not going to have the reps to give a rookie to get a real look at them. So I think maybe it'll just be a UDFA we bring in.

It's disgusting that they haven't even explored the street options they could bring in right now. They've been awfully complacent about this QB search, considering that they lost their HOF QB and the replacements have not played well. They should have been working on getting a #3 QB with some upside. Instead, Tanner Morgan and sticking with Mitch Trubisky way beyond common sense.

[Thrillsseeker]

The most shocking thing about Kengina is that the DEFENSE, not the offense, were the ones to go recruiting Wilson.

Defense must have been steaming last year every time they had to go back on the field after another 3 and out.

I missed all of this. What or who on the D recruited how? Whatever was said or wrote, I’ve completely missed it.

Minka and Cam

Thanks.
So busy at work today I just read the article on B/R.

[Greeksteel]

I missed all of this. What or who on the D recruited how? Whatever was said or wrote, I’ve completely missed it.

Minka and Cam

Thanks.
So busy at work today I just read the article on B/R.

Cheers, and he spoke with TJ as well

[Havoc]

Of all these QBs who are passing through the Steelers revolving door, the one we should have signed who was not expensive was Mason Rudolph. Russell Wilson 5’11” and overrated. If you dig deeper into last season Russell was heavy on short passes in garbage time. Mason was very effective getting the ball downfield for the Steelers, and making good decisions. Now he will be wasted in Tennessee.

6.9 Y/A for Wilson last year. Lowest of his career

He also led the league in throws behind the LoS. This guys is perfect for the garbage offense Tomlin loves. Match made in heaven and guarantee we go another season without a playoff win.

LOL

Saddle up!

I'll hold off on any Kahn accolades.

This franchise...

[stillthere]

Just throwing this out there.....what about Tyler Huntley?

He should probably start ahead of Russ.